# Dominant athletes who don't belong in the hall of fame

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominant-athletes-who-dont-belong-in-the-hall-of-fame/460747>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 21, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominant-athletes-who-dont-belong-in-the-hall-of-fame/460747 "2008-08-21T00:29:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominant-athletes-who-dont-belong-in-the-hall-of-fame/460747/41 "2008-08-23T18:47:30Z")

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[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright]  
You’re reading that memo incorrectly. According to the memo, a player would be violating the rules of baseball even if he _did_ have a prescription- it doesn’t make any allowances for prescribed drugs.  
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That is not what it says. Read the first line of the first full paragraph of page 2.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dominant-athletes-who-dont-belong-in-the-hall-of-fame/460747/42 "2008-08-23T18:51:15Z")

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[QUOTE=RickJay]  
That is not what it says. Read the first line of the first full paragraph of page 2.  
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Whoops. Didn’t notice that there was a second page.

What you said.

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